Metal window construction.



'A1' PRGMHOLDI -METALWINDOW cozsTUcTIoN. APPLIGATIoH rxmzi um. 1. 191s.

Patented May 12, 1914.

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- Je eey, have invened uertain new .ALEXANDER FRGMHOLD, 0F TRU T'T'F-, N'E JERSEY, ASSIGNR, T0 S. H. POMEROY v n. "i, eoRPoeATIoN oe NEW Yom.

To aZZ w'wm it may concern HoLn, a citizen of the Unied Staaee. 1n Rutherford, Bergen county,

fui Improvements in Metai iff/*imei A .i st-ruction, of which the oiiowing e.. speoi" fication, reference being had to the eeoof panying drawing, w iioh forms a hereof.

tion of Window sashes of sheoh me'al. Si window sashes are oornmoniy niafie u galvanizedsbeet iron of abou*u twenli or twenty-four gage and 'the machines nel` in the bending of this eheet metal, as nerally constructed, are-adapted 'for the hen-- (lling of sheet metalojf about the gage ferred to only. The employment oil Sheet metal of such gages necessiaos a ooee. construction, that. is, a orniafion of the sash-in which the edges of "he sheet of metai which forms and' member of the sash must be brought togetherand Secured by iapping orrother equivaient means. Qbvionsiy such closed construction neoessitzes the rise of 'a maximum quantity of shee. metal in su pericial extent and also renciers 'neeeeeary a, great number of operations in the forniat' n of the eonipiete member of #he sash.

he object of the. presen*L inventii'in to reduce the cosi; of manufacture oi windows of the dass referred to and it has been found that a very considerable reduction 'of "oost can be eii'eced by the enipioymenf. in' Droger forni, of sheet metal which is suiheieniiy heavy io permit ihe desired Stiifnese of the Saleh to be attained without neeeesiteing a closed construction, Thereby 'the actual Weight of metal ernpioyed is even iban in the closed Construction by reason o? die reduced superficiali extent ansi the number of operations required in production of ine saeh is also reduced.

The invention Wiii be more fuiiy ets plained hereinafter Wiih reference to ihe accompanying drawing in which it if; iiiuetinted and in which- Figuie l is iov.' in elevation of u {inubie-hung Winde "including both frame and sash, which embodies ihe invention. 2 is a View in seci'ion on the piane indieaeci bythe broken iine l--Q of i" Lon an eniige Scale and partly broken out to Save space. Fig. 3 is a detail view in eecion on ieeeemee Mey wie.

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the. piane indicated by the line 3 3 of Fig. aise on an enlarged scale.

The Window freine may besubstantiaiiy of ordinary eonernotion, comprising a head o. alici vertical Sife members c. eee nienibere of he frame may be for-,ned eubemntiaiiy in any usual Aor enliabie manner. if'is shown in Lhe drawing he head a is 'formed of mvo sheets of metal, e1 anf ai uniefi as at a3 and by folded The nn'eer or facing member 0:2 is

' e with an oiise or shoulder es et a5' eobereizion eu-ii the iop of he lippen and i h a foied groove a aise for of )Defintion wih the op member. of the per sash. 'The siii Z), having anyeeired ie ion/'er raii of ehe lower sash. Each ide member e of the frame may be i ofi four sheets of metal. @ne orme ille niainbody of jhe jamb. e members-c7' are shown as secured to i in bei' el by 'oided joints 03. The

ci g biete cL is edjus'ably seiembers o2 by screws c5 which rough the members 02 and are tappen inw iie pocket or facing piae c. un or backing @if on the screws 05 draws; ine pocket 'forward oward the sash or penzi i'nove bank away from the einen. ine ineke or facing piate e" is provieied aih zi. 'veritieai channel e for'irhe re- @option of' the vericx'ii rib il of 'the parting Strip di, which may be formed of two inemiiers d: nini d, secured ogeaher by o'ded, 'lapped joints ne: at (Zi. The vmember d'2 of the pariin .fi srip hee on its rear fece the projecting rib fill` which 'eniee end fits ciosely Wiihin die verioei ohennei e5 of' ehe pocket or 'faeing piee di. lFor ei'earnese in iiiusirniion 'i'he rib @i1 ie Shown as ittinf?, somewhat iooeeiy in the channei, but. ii; will be unfiersood iie, @defeat-bei eniigly horein, The nare-ing;- eiirip may be secured in position by Screws, one of which is shown at dfi. Sinin i'omnefi a each * me 'Ji sash .is open eenden. having the e end e2 which eir upper edges, anf

e which ie beniA toA forni a,v

nes a Vertical oiiset l for Cooperation i The front member d of parting,

shoulder e4 to receive die glass the letter being secured. in place by an angle bei' f1 fascncd by screws f2 to the top rail. The older xncinher el coiiperales with he shoulder n? of the head of the ifi-aine, both as e guide and as a weather-guard, while the inner member c2, being extended beyond the side raii e, enters the vertical channel a", forming an effective weathenguard.

The boeni rail g of the lower sash is formed substantially in the same manner as the top rail of the upper sash, but the. inner and outer members g1 and f/2 straddle the projection b1 of the foot or sill The einer member g1 may have an outturned flange f/3 a weather-guard. This bottom bar i's'forined, like the vtop bar of the upper sash, with a Shoulder g" against,

`which the glass is held by an angle har g5 secured by screws g" to the bottoni rail.

The meeting rail L of `ihc upper sash and the meeting rail i of the lower sash are con-y structed sui'istnntially like the top and bobiom rails of the two saches resl'iectively, except that fb is necessary, by reason of their peculiar functions, to add to each a seperate strip Il? and il respectively, secured to the body of the rail or bar by any suitable means. Each 'is provided with a shoulder h2 2 and with en angle har h 3. Each side rail l: of each sash is also icl-shaped in cross Section, haa/ing; outer and inner members /cl and c2 disconnected at their outer edges, While the face plate /ug is formed with a shoulder' le against Which the glass is held 4by an angle bar k secured vby screws 7a the side rail. The adjacen member ,71:1 or la of the upper or lower sash, es the case may be, hears against the intlurned 'lencfe or the member o of -the frame, while t e other member 761 or k2, es thecase may be,

enee'rs the vertical channel d formed in theparuing reil d. Each upper or lower sash ie lnie guided in -its vertical movements and is effectively iveethexegeerded. The partingrieija, held by screws Z5 which are ishneededy inio che pocket or face pieta me?? he adjusted independently O the {ik} y l 'Et-'fa ni hecheerrefi @hat "by 4he improved coneilair'nebien deeci'ihefd not only is each sash maenner effectively weather-guarded but that, wih he employment of ehem, ineial oi proper weight, such as .sixteen gage, every ineniher of the sash is suliicienlly eiili while che cost of 'construction is reduced consiihu'uby through hc reduction in quantify of nultcrial employed and through lhe reduction in the number of opeiriuione nefese-iary for the 'formation of each n'icinher.

i claim as my inventiomw 1. ln cm'nhination, 'a sheet metal window.'Y frame having inturncd edges, a pocket or facing plaie secured thereto, :i detachable parting rail indepeni'hnt of the pocket, or facing' plate hut .secured therein and huviuer a vertical channel, and a sash having; a. side rail U-shancd iu cross section with its edges unconnected und one member cooperating with the intui'ned edge of the fifaine and the other entering ihe vertical channelv of the parting rail.

in conibinaLion, e sheet metal Window frame having its side members formed with inturned edges, a pocket or''acingplate secured to the side member or the frame, a detachable parting rail iiulopenchfnt of the pocket or facing plate but eecuredv thereto and provided with two verlical channels and two sushes having each its seperate side rail formed of sheerl metal U-shaped in fross 'section with its edges unconnected, one

member of cach side rail entering the corresponding channel in the parting rail and the other member cooperating with the in- .turned educ of the frame.

,55. In coinbimition, e sheet metal window frame havingr its side member formed with inturncd edges, a pocket or facingY plate se-' cured to said side member and having a centrally located; vertical channel, a perl;-

ing rail having a. vertical, rib to enter the channel of the pocket, and a 'sheet metal sash cooperating with the frame; arid the.

parting rali.

-This specification' signeclf and wiiiieeseil this 5 day of August A; i 1913.

ALEXANDER. 'rnoniio'nn Signed in the presence of# HAROLD B. CANNES/AN, saooa Saum'. 

